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from each other, in which are fastened
strong, short chains of about fifteen
centimetres in length, each of them
having a little hook attached to them
The chains Gig. p are arranged so that
the middle chain works in an opposite
direction To the other two. The hand
labor is very simple, one man alone be-
ing needed, but it is preferable to have
two, thus obtaining a greater and more
equal pressure.
The man fastens the middle hook (Al in
one of the links of the lower beam chain,
aud ditto the hook tCl in link of the
upper beam chain dig. 3, left, and the
hook (Bl can then be put about ten cent?
metres higher than the hook O. in an
other link of the chain; the position of the
lever is now as represented i'll Fig. .,
right Then the lever is now raised, up
ward, to even ten centimetres more; the
man then fastens the hook 90 higher up,
and continues this till the lever can no
longer be worked. Finally he fastens the
lower beam chain hook ON the upper
beam chain. If, as / have described, there
Is only one man, this occasions an unequal
sinking of the stack; thus the men work
at different ends on the same beam, each
having, Of course, lever, and keeping
the pressure equal
At first one must press the stack every
day, so as to keep up with its gradual
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about 2 metres
apart, and paral-
lei. Chains of l
metre long are at
tached to each end
of these beams,
and having a
hook fastened to
their last links.
On these two
beams n floor
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green fodder, one
uses a lever Zig.
p i. e, a simple
round iron bar,
about three cent?
metres thick and
four metres long.
This bar has three
holes, about ten
centimetres apart
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pond caused by the food Of rain, carried
away the embankment, which was OF
dirt and sand No caIvert had been
provided as an outlet for the water of
the pond. but a small. square, wooden
escape. which was made Of inch plank,
about seven inches wide, had been in
serted in the embankment several feet
below the surface of the road; the
wooden trough or box WAS entirely IN
sufficient to carry off the quantity of
water which had fallen; an examination
of the pieces of which it was made
showed that only the ends of the plank
were sound; the balance was so rotten
as to permit the escape of the water into
the dirt aud sand of the embankment,
as it was being forced through the open
ing by the pressure of the head of water
in the pond. While making the exam
ination, the agent of the road at Mont
gomery was present, and gave the infor-
nation hereinbefore contained, relative
to the location of the escape way in the
embankment, as it was before being
washed away, and pointed out the plank
of which it had been formed.
Respectfully submitted,
]. F. SESSIONS"
1t is proper to add that the railroad
officials state that the notice of the acei-
dent was not given earlier, because the
telegraph wires were down.
BY an act approved March II, 1886,
the Railroad Commissioners were con-
stituted Board of Control Of the Peni-
tentiary, and a. such were charged with
the leasing of the same as directed by
the act, with certain supervisory duties,
and with the duty of preparing and sub
mitting to the next Legislature "a prae-
tical aud comprehensive plan by which
the Statesshall be enabled to exercise
direct control and exclusive manage
ment of the Peniteutiary and convicts at
the earliest date possible"
The law does not require of us a re-
port at this time, but we deem it not
aEliss to state that the convicts have
been withdrawn from the numerous
plantations, where prior to January lst,
they were being worked by sub-lessees,
and collected in larger bodies for work
on the Calf and Ship Island Railroad,
and other works of public improvement.
The Superintendent will now be enabled
to enforce more rigidly the rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of
Control, and to secure proper treatment
tA TIC NpHNlChs, NuiCu IL WIS ditiAOSt lut-
possible for him to do when they were
worked on the various plantations. 1t
is his purpose (and in that he shall
have our hearty co-operation) TO prevent
the recurrence of instances of cruel
treatment, which occasionally happened
despite his efforts under the plantation
system of sub-Ieasing. The whole leas-
ing system should, in our judgment, be
speedily abolished, and we feel sure that
a plan, entirely feasible and practicable,
can be devised and submitted to the
next Legislature, by which the State
shall ''be enabled to exercise direct,con-
troll and exclusive management" This,
we think, can be accomplished, too,
without making the Penitentiary a
charge upon the revenues of the State;
and we hope to be able to submit such
a comprehensive and practical plan" as
will meet the appreciation of the Legis
lature and secure the end in view
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sinki ng; a fte r
about ten days
the pressing Is
over. Fodder pre-
served in thi S
manner will keep
for years, and
excepting u layer
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characterization rules so generally In
these days, that to overlook any point
through which this may be reached in the
horse is to lessen the prospect of attract
iveness, and, i'm this way, lessen the pros
pective price. In the mere matter of speed,
horse with a rat tail will 60 as fast as
though he carried a handsome flowing one.
All the same, the latter is very desirable
appendage.
A low-carried tail and slim tail detract
wonderfully from the looks OF a horse
otherwise of good proportions, stately and
good stopper, while a flowing tail, OF good
length, well carried, makes an otherwise
plain horse attractive, and there are cir
cumstances where it will add materially to
his selling qualities. An expert filter viii
greatly improve the mode of carrying the
tail by using appliances for elevating it at
the root, and especially may il be improved
when carried partially to one side by sever
ing the tendons ON the lower side or the
tail, on the side toward which the tail in-
clines, putting the tail in pulleyss drawing
It gently over to the other side, until the
space between the cut ends OF the tendons
fills up with new deposit There T. little
danger Of getting the tail too far over, ~
the tendency of the healing process 4
toward contraction, and this requires 2
be guarded against until the new materla
70 fill the space A. firm. - National La's
Stock Journal
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racts rarmers onght to Know.

The government tea farm, ahollt which
there has been so much talk, viii be aban-
doned and revert to its owner, according
to the terms of the lease, at the beginning
of the new fiscal year, congress having
provided for the closing out of the inter
eSts of the government.
Good blood in horses is every year more
in demand, especially by city buying. The
farmer viii find readiest sale for his best
bred animals.
Never let clipped horse stand two
minutes without a rug.
Rotation of crops is the surcSt and SAT
est plan in farming, and when one or two
years of pasture are included in the rota
ton, the benefits will be still greater.
The public lands of the United States
are fast melting away before the inereas
ing tide of home seekers from foreign
shores and crowded eastern states.
In reply to a question as to the expe-
diency of keeping bees over winter in the
center of strawstack, James Heddon
thinks they would be well protected il the
straw was stacked to turn water.
Reports from the Massachusetts, exper-
iment station go to show that potash fer
ulizers have decidedly improved the desir-
able qualities of fruits.
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INoTE-These injunctions we're after the s0th of
september made perpetual. The United States
Supreme Court having in October, 1856. in the case
OF Wabash, St Louis and Pacific Railway Company
vs. Illinois settled the question by divided Court
the majority sustaining the view taken by Judge
HILL
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81 To the Railroad C0Ban2tssi0ners:-
Having been designated as member
of the Commission to investigate the ac-
cident to train of the Illinois Central
Railroad near Montgomery station. re-
spectfully report as follows: That the
accident occurred on Tuesday night,
April %, at about II o'clock, as am re-
Iiablv informed, but notification was not
given to the Railroad Commission by
the company until Friday, April 80, and
on the same day / repaired to the scene
of the wreck and made personal exam
inatien. The accident was to a wreck
inc train which had been that night
| brought to the main line from the Yazoo
Branch, as was informed, and was in
charge of Conductor Aird, and on Its
way to Bogue Chitto to aid in repairing
damages caused by the extraordinary
rains of the three preceding days; the
train consisted of engine and two ten
ders, FIVE fat cars and caboose, or box
car, containing number OF laborers
the accident occurred at point about
800 yards south of Montgomery station
and was caused by a washout from Q
pond on the west side of the road, carry
ing away the embankment of the rail
road, which was at that point about
twelve feet high, producing a chasn
about thirty feet wide, and the full
i depth of the embankment, into which
/ the engine, tender, and FIVE fiat car
.tuere precipitated, shattered into piece
and piled upon each other in a confuset
II mass; the box car, or caboose, projectef
j over the washout, but did not leave th,
track. The train had not gained head
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

otPtElIDef
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company and
the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
obtained from Hon. r. A. Hill, Judge
of the U. S. District Court of Missis-
sippi, injunctions restraining the Com
mission from the enforcement of Rule 8
and from regulating in any way, or over
any part of their lines, the freight
charges on articles shipped from points
within to points without the State, or
vice versa
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20
WASHINGTON.
NOMINATIONS SENT IN.


Tie President sent the following
nominations to the Senate Thursday:
Thomas G. Manning, of Louisiana, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenIpotentiary to Mexico; Hugh A.
Dunsmore, of Arkansas, minister resi-
dent and consul general TO Corea; Thos.
o. Bashaw, of Missouri, attorney for
the eastern district of Missouri.
CONTESTED ELECrIoN.
The House committee on elections
finally acted upon the contested election
cases of Kidd VS.. Steele, the Indiana
contest, and Page VS.. Pierce, of Rhode
Island. The majority of the committee
decided that neither of the parties is en-
titled to a seat in the Rhode Island case.
The majority report will be made TO the
House recommending that the sitting
member, Pierce, be awarded the seat. In
the Indiana case the committee report
will be unanimous in favor of the right
of Steele, republican, to retain his seat
NOMINATIONS SENT IN.
The president sent the following
nominations to the senate Friday: Post
wood; Michael F. Cunningham, GIBBS On.
III Henry J. Wilkinson, Granite Falls,
Mimi; Treasury-Robert Brand, Of I'LL
nois, surveyor of customs of the Port
of GAlena, III.
RAILROAD FOOLS.
Senator Mcpherson Friday submitted
an amendment to the interstate COM
merce bill proposing the addition Of the
word to section 5, when prohibits pool
ing: provided, "however, that if, after
full investigation the commission or a
majority thereof are of the opinion that
the interests of both shippers aud carl
riers will be best promoted by an equit-
able division of traffic, or of the pro-
ceeds thereof between the carriers. The
provis ions Of these sections may not DO
enforced prior TO Jan. l., 1888, and it
shall be the duty of the commission TO
report their action with the reason
therefor to congress in December next"
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20

NEW YORK, Jan. O.-RoundsmAn
Robert Montgomery, who was shot by
Policeman w. J. R)urke, earIey Sunday
morning IS in precarious condition
to-day at the hospital. The bullet, il Is
believed struck his liver, and the only
chance that the patient has is that tho
bullet has passed entirely through and
lodged in the muscular tissues Of the
back. The attempted as sassination was
a cowaTdiy affair. Rourke was IN a sa-
loon off his beat, and attempted to kill
Montgomery who said that he would
report him. One bullet took effect IN
the left wrist and another in the side.
Montgomery turned upon Rourke and =
short struggle ensued. Several police
men who heard the racket, III he'd up
and arrested Rourke while Montgomery
was taken TO the hospital.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20
FOR CONGRESS.
Young Price Nominated for the Short and
y. +. Haugen for the Long Term.

Young Price Nominated for the Short and
y. p. Haugen for the Long Term.
EAU CLAIRE. VII, Jan. The Repub-
lican Congressional convention nOmLn mate
TO candidates or the short and long terms
vacated by the death Of W. T. Price was
called to order at ! P. N, yesterday
Hugh Price, son Of the lsmented con-
gresham was nominated by reclamation
to I'LL the unexpiTed term.
The prominent candidates for the long
term were J. G.. Thorn, of Eau Claire :;
\. P. Hsugen, nj Pierce, Judge Clough,
IF Bay 81. d. ComstOck, Of Tremp-
leau and z. J. Flint of Dunn. Third
formal ballot resulted: Hsugen as;
Thorn 25; Flint g; COmstock IL; Gnf-
fin /. Then the nomination Of Haugen
was made unanimous
Democrats to-day may endorse Peter
Traux. of Eau C.aire, the Prohibition
candidate, and If such should turn out,
the struggle will lie one OF the hottest
and closest contests ever known in this
distinct
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20

PTTTsBURs, Pa, Jan. l0.-A special
from Enon Valley, Pa, says that S4iur-
day night party of three masked and
heavily disguised men entered the house
of Robert McGeorge, 9 wealthy drover,
with reVolvers and fred two shots, one
bullet penetrating hcGeorge's mouth
and issuing from q point near the left
ear, and the other lodging in tie unfor-
tunate mans breast. The would-be
murderers then left the premises. Nc
George is Dangerously wounded, bat Is
still alive.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20
ASLEEP AT HIS POST.

Two Freight Trains Collide, the Conductor
of One Being Asleep at the Time.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 10.-A terri
bic accident occurredSunday morning on
the Wilmington and Northern railroad,
little distance south of Lenape Station,
by which two men wer3 killed On two
Others badly wounded. A freight train
nOrthward bound stopped below the
Lenape Station because of no steam. A
fagmaR was sent back, but before he
got three hundred yards, another freight
tram came up at full speed and dashed
into the caboose of the standing train,
killing the conductor, Harry Hubert,
and q companion named William b.
Martin, who were asleep at the time Of
the collision. The stove in the caboose
was overturned, and set fire to the car,
which was soon destroyed, and the
bodies of the two men were burned to
cinders.
The fireman of the train was under
the engine clearing the cinder box when
the crash came, and was badly though
not fatally injured, The engineer aud
fireman Of the second train did not see
the danger until within few feet Of the
standing train, when both jumped and
escaped, being slightly hurt.
An inquest was held in the afternoon,
and the jury placed the blame pom Con-
ductor Hubert, who was asleep st his
post.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20

When you VISIT or leave New York
City, save baggage, sxpressage, and %
carriage hire, and stop st the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central de-
pot
ol3 rooms, fitted up At g cost OF one
million dollars, 81 and upwards per day
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best Horse-carA
stages, and elevated railroad 10 all depotS.
Families can live better for less money
It the Grand Union Hotel .hAn at AM
other ers.-clasa hotel in the city,
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20

WASHING TON, January l1.-ohOrt.y
before o'clock this morBing fire broke
out in the upper story of the handsome
house owned by Professor Alexander
Graham Bell 10 this city, causing = loss
of $4,000. The origin OF the 6Je is
unknown. The library, containing
about 5000 volumes, principally of q
scientific character, was almost totally
destroyed.
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20
HEAVY LOesEs AT BATAVIA.

BUFFALO, y. \ Jan. IL The village
of Bhav.s, thirty-tEo miles east OF
bere. WAS visited by serious fire early
this morning. TIE loss was about $780,
600. Partly insured. The fire is sup
posed TO have b. en- caused by az explo-
sion in the clamp factory.
When all 20 called rem edIes fail, DR.. Sage's
CAtarrh Remedy Curea
Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-20

JAN. 6.-During the morning hour
thu II uuse resumed in committee of the
whole the consideration of The bill for
permanent IN prOvement Ct the Z lie and
O,wego canal and to secure the freedom
Of the same TO the commerce of the
United States.
Mr.. Randall suggested that an early
was not likely TO pass, and it would be
well to allow some other proposition to
obtain the floor.
Mr.. Weaver, Of Iowa, seconded this
suggestion, remArkiog the bill would
fell unless the Hennepin canal appro-
prlation was attached 70 it.
Ar. Murphy, OF IoAa, said that IS he
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shops solely under the stress OF compeuuoh,
30 that the hours of divine service are now
alone excluded, and these only from absolute
necessity" Another report says that Sunday
labor has become "a principle with many en-
ployers," and that "if the workmen refused
TO work on Sunday, reprisals on the part OF
the employer would be the inevitable result,
and this Is so, even in spite OF the legal re.
strictlon OF work on Sundays and festivals"
One report calls Sunday pay blood money"
although IL denies that extra wages arc al
ways paid for Sunday work. The workmen
themselves when they are engaged In work
done at home, very often keep up their labor
on Sunday and force their children to do the
sumo, In order that they may earn a livelihood.
or the 400 commercial and industrial asso-
Citations and the great number OF large en-
blowers examined. only small number rec
ommend the absolute prohibition OF Sunday
labor, and many Of the small Industries con-
tend that IL would mean their utter ruin at
the hands OF industries backed up by
large capital. Ono Chamber Of Commerce
says that industry Is absolutely unable"
to pay tho same wages as now for
a less amount Of work; and Mannheim
report declares that "loss work means less
wages, and thus loss to tho work people,
apart from the opportunity for lounging
about" Other reports take the opposing
view that wages would not fall at all, while
both employers and employed would gain by
the rest and recreation; but the vast pre-
ponderance OF opinion is in favor OF partial
prohibition mere restriction and regula-
ton OF Sunday labor, while very few are
opposed to restriction OF any kind.
We see, therefore, that the great majority
of the German employers are satisfied that
some Sunday work is necessary II compe-
tition with foreign production Is to continue
successful. How, then, could We hope to sue
coed in such competition II labor here was idle
during time equivalent to three months,
five months, or six months year2 What
Is the American workingman to do II he
wants his Saturday half holiday, his Sunday
holiday. his eight hours labor his Labor
Day, and his other days for recreation, and
yet expects to get wages sufficient for
decent livelihood?
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Shaking Up the Dry Bones.

The announcement comes from Washing
ton that the First Auditor Of the Treasury
has been shaking up tho dry bones" In his
Office recently.
This Is how he has done t.:
"rve Of tho higher grade Of clerks who have become
inefficient by OF old age and long service have
been reduced tho 81 grade and their younger and
active associates promoted to the vacancies thus
created at nrst proposed to dispense entirely
with the services Of the but seemed hard to
turn adrft this late day In life they to be
continued on the rolls practically q pensioners"
We find the foregoing statement copied
into the columns OF our Mugwump contem-
porary, the Evening Post, without a word Of
disapproval; and we make bold to inquire
whether the act of the First Auditor is in ac-
cordance with the principles Of civil service
reform.
What right has that officer to continue
persons on the pay rolls practically as
pensioners?
But II he is to 60 on paying them, not
withstanding their inability to render any
adequate return, what a mean, picayune busi-
ness it is to reduce their compensation!
This is shaking up the dry bones" In
deed.
1t will soon shake them into the grave, We
suppose.
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very much 10 earn, he a. few enemies. AZ q
member Of GARFIELp's Cabinet he 10 unob-
jectionable to the Half Breods although he
remained In ARTHUR's. As q GRANT man,
though not, as has been asserted, one
Of the 900 Spartans Of the Convention OF
1880, the etalwarts would vote for him TO q
man; and any candidate for whom the Stall
warts will Join the Half Breeds in voting,
has, to put Il mildly, reasonable fighting
chance for getting the Indispensable electoral
votes OF New York. In view OF tho decline
and fall Of Mr.. CnEvELANp's Chinese civil
service system, the Mugwumps would DO glad
to vote for almost any Republican except
Mr.. BLAINE. And they prefer new and
untried politician to an old and willy one.
The former In the guilelessness Of his heart
might be capable Of trying his hand at the
Chinese puzzle; but tho latter would deal
with 1t only as vote catcher.
Mr.. LINCOLN would make respectable,
safe. and In some respects an available cam
didate. Yet, even with the Stalwart and the
Mugwump hatred unappeased, Mr.. BLAINE
has sources Of strength moro likely to in
crease than to decrease, which would seem
to justify the confidence Of his ardent
partisans Mr.. LINCOLN could doubtless
count upon the full Republican vote. Mr..
BLAINE cannot do that, but In tho most criti-
cal State he can draw from the Democratic
party recruits equal or more than equal IN
number to the deserters he would lose.